Build-A-Shorebird Lesson Plan

This binder includes a variety of activities and background information related to shorebirds and their adaptations. The trunk also contains supporting materials for the activities in
this binder as well as extra materials to use for additional activities at your own leisure. Feel free to use the lessons in this binder and materials in the trunk how it best fits your
goals and needs.

Author(s)

Olivia Ellenbecker

Publication date

Mar 23, 2024

Type of document

Education

Facility

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge lies in northern Utah, where the Bear River flows into the northeast arm of the Great Salt Lake. On the ancestral homelands of the Shoshone, Paiute, Bannock, and Ute people known as the Newe or Meme (the People), the Refuge protects the marshes found at the mouth...

National Wildlife Refuge

Brigham City,UT

Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge

Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge is located on the southern extreme of the Great Salt Lake Desert, and the natural springs have been essential in meeting human and wildlife needs over the past 11,000 years. The area is the ancestral homelands to the once nomadic Goshute (Gosiuta) tribe. These...

National Wildlife Refuge

Ibapah,UT

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Program

A bright blue sky obstructed by fluffy white clouds reflected off of a stream shot from inside a kayak

National Wildlife Refuge System

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages an unparalleled network of public lands and waters called the National Wildlife Refuge System. With more than 570 refuges spanning the country, this system protects iconic species and provides some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities on Earth.

Program

Washington,DC

Ecosystem

Coastal

Lake

River/stream

Subject tags

Shorebirds

Environmental education

Education

Adaptation

FWS and DOI Region(s)

Mountain-Prairie